Flight Snafu Delays Committee Vote on Jackson

Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) flight snafu is delaying a committee vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, The Hill reports.

Said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL): “Due to a passenger medical emergency, Senator Padilla’s flight was turned back and returned to LAX, delaying his arrival to Washington. He boarded the first available flight this morning and will arrive this afternoon.”